Tanzimat

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Ottoman reform movement historical period modernization program

Tanzimat was a series of 19th-century Ottoman modernization reforms aimed at centralizing authority and restructuring the empire’s legal, administrative, and social systems along European lines.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Tanzimat reforms 2
Tanzimat era 1
Tanzimat military reforms 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman reform movement ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
modernization program ⓘ
affected Balkan provinces ⓘ
Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Arabs

Armenians ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Armenians

Greeks ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Greeks
aimedAt attracting European support ⓘ
centralization of authority ⓘ
curbing corruption ⓘ
modernization of the state ⓘ
reforming tax collection ⓘ
reorganizing the army ⓘ
securing equality of subjects before the law ⓘ
strengthening imperial control over provinces ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Ottoman Empire ⓘ
continuedUnder Sultan Abdülaziz ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
endTime 1876 ⓘ
followedBy First Constitutional Era ⓘ
Young Ottoman movement ⓘ
granted more rights to non-Muslim subjects ⓘ
security of life and property to subjects ⓘ
hasPart Hatt-ı Hümayun of 1856 ⓘ
Hatt-ı Şerif of Gülhane ⓘ
Ottoman Land Code of 1858 ⓘ
Tanzimat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vilayet Law of 1864

administrative reforms ⓘ
education reforms ⓘ
judicial secularization ⓘ
legal reforms ⓘ
military reforms ⓘ
non-Muslim equality measures ⓘ
provincial reorganization ⓘ
taxation reforms ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
inspiredBy European legal systems ⓘ
French administrative model ⓘ
introduced military conscription regulations ⓘ
modern bureaucracy ⓘ
modern ministries ⓘ
new civil procedure rules ⓘ
new commercial code ⓘ
new criminal code ⓘ
secular commercial courts ⓘ
state secondary schools ⓘ
languageOfOfficialEdicts Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
legalForm imperial edict ⓘ
organic law ⓘ
location Istanbul ⓘ
partOf Ottoman Empire history ⓘ
Ottoman modernization ⓘ
precededBy Mahmud II ⓘ
surface form: Mahmud II reforms
promulgatedBy Sultan Abdülmecid I ⓘ
startTime 1839 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sultan Abdülmecid I → era → Tanzimat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tanzimat era
Tanzimat → hasPart → Tanzimat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vilayet Law of 1864
this entity surface form: Tanzimat reforms
Ottoman Empire → notableReform → Tanzimat ⓘ
Ottoman Army → reform → Tanzimat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tanzimat military reforms
this entity surface form: Tanzimat reforms